Date:         Mon, 1 Sep 2008 19:18:38 -0400
Reply-To:     Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
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From:         Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Need Dometic fan thermostatic switch
Comments: To: Paul Chubbuck <paul@TAKINGFLIGHT.NET>
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At 07:19 PM 8/31/2008, Paul Chubbuck wrote...
>Regarding the switch mounted on the Dometic 182 fridge cooling fins
>which
>turns on the rear refrigerator fan on warm days never goes
>bad:  Despite
>recent assurances on this list that it never goes bad, mine definitely
>has
>gone bad.  I removed it from the fridge, heated it up with a blow
>dryer and
>a light bulb, and still got no continuity across the switch.
>
>Can anyone offer me a replacement at reasonable cost and with
>assurance it
>is functional?

You need to know the temperature at which it's supposed to close.
There's usually a marking on them, in either F or C. Mouser carries
thermostatic switches. Look at the bottom of this page:
http://www.mouser.com/catalog/635/1896.pdf About $5. Probably not an
exact match, but it should be close enough to be easily adapted.